The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) is always looking for new programs and opportunities to help each of you succeed; matching all of your products and services up with those festival and event professionals in our industry who depend on you to enhance their own success. We are pleased to let you know that, as part of that effort, we have recently partnered with MultiView, Inc., an Irving, Texas, publisher of digital buyer's guides and E-News Briefs, to launch the all-new IFEA Event Resource Marketplace.

 

The IFEA Event Resource Marketplace is targeted to the thousands of event professionals, worldwide, who represent the festivals and events industry in every global region and who, collectively, spend billions of dollars on industry products and services annually. This new business tool is available from a prominent link on the IFEA home page (www.ifea.com). It provides a unique, online resource that enables users to search for the industry-specific products that they need from industry-leading suppliers like you. Which is why your basic information has already been included in the initial database. When fully populated, the IFEA Event Resource Marketplace will be the most complete global resource for products and services in the festivals and events industry.

 

All industry vendors can participate in the IFEA Event Resource Marketplace and can even purchase a "Completed" listing and other exposure upgrades that will be online year-round. A "Completed Listing" features:

 

• Your company's logo
• Contact information
• Company description
• Direct links to your company Web site, and
• A specified e-mail address generator

Your listing can be grouped into search categories of your choice to enable efficient browsing and searching by industry leaders.

 

The IFEA Event Resource Marketplace features several important filters as well:

• First, buyers using the site can filter by those suppliers who are IFEA Members and recognized by the association as a trusted source. All of you, as current IFEA members, are denoted with an IFEA Member logo next to your listing.
• Second, buyers can filter by those suppliers who are IFEA Sponsors.All current IFEA sponsors automatically receive a "Completed Listing" as part of your benefit package and are further recognized with an IFEA Sponsor logo next to your listing.
• Third, buyers can filter by those suppliers who are IFEA Exhibitor's at the annual IFEA Convention & Expo each September. In the initial listings we have recognized vendors from recent years to provide an example of this recognition. Beginning in July of this year, the exhibitor recognition will only apply to those who have secured a booth for the upcoming convention and expo (scheduled this year in Indianapolis, Indiana from September 21-25).

With traditional online search engine results, you're company is one in a million. But searching through the IFEA Event Resource Marketplace presents relevant search results for pre-qualified, active buyers. It has been created specifically for the purchasers of your products and services. So if you're not represented prominently, you're missing out on an excellent revenue-generating opportunity. 

 

Just Click Here to go directly to the new IFEA Event Resource Marketplace that becomes active starting today on our IFEA home page.

 

Starting on Wednesday of this week, representatives from MultiView will begin calling our IFEA industry partners to explain your company's available listing options, insure correct and complete listing information, and discuss additional opportunities for maximizing this powerful new resource.

 

We think you will find this a valuable tool for marketing your business. We encourage you to take a few minutes to learn more when a MultiView representative calls about this new IFEA resource, which joins our many other current resources.

 

If you have any questions regarding the IFEA Event Resource Marketplace, please contact the customer service staff at MultiView by calling 972-402-7070 (Central U.S.Time Zone). As always, we appreciate your continued support of the IFEA and our global industry.

 

Best regards,